Kasich signs law sparked by death of local high school football player

Next month Ohio will officially honor those who suffer from a crippling brain disease.

Gov. John Kasich has signed Senate Bill 86, which includes a provision designating Jan. 30 as “Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Awareness Day” to spotlight a disease believed to have contributed to death a former Miamisburg athlete.

Cody Hamblin was a quarterback at Miamisburg High School and suffered a series of concussions throughout his football career. He died in May 2016 in a drowning in which family members have said CTE was a factor.